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PUBLIC LAW 85-B6-JUNE 17, 1957

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administered by the Veterans' Administration and for the control, direction, and management of the Veterans- Administration. Except to the extent inconsistent with law, he may consolidate, eliminate, abolish, or redistribute the functions of the bureaus, agencies, offices, or activities in the Veterans' Administration, create new bureaus, agencies, offices, or activities therein, and fix the functions thereof and the duties and powers of their respective executive heads. (c) The Administrator has authority to make all rules and regulations which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration and are consistent therewith, including regulations with respect to the nature and extent of proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing them in order to establish the right to benefits under such laws, the forms of application by claimants under such laws, the methods of making investigations and medical examinations, and the manner and form of adjudications and awards. DECISIONS BY A D M I N I S T R A TO R; O P I N I O N S OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

3 viciii' 8 60 Stat. 788. 66 Stat. 678. 70 Stat. 419.

S^c- 211- (^) Except as provided in section 19 of the World W a r Veterans' Act, 1924 (38 U.S.C. sec. 455), section 617 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 (38 U.S.C. sec. 817), section 261 (a) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (38 U.S.C. sec. 971 (a)), and section 501(a) of the W a r Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956 (38 U.S.C. sec. 1033 (a)), the decisions of the Administrator on any question of law or fact concerning a claim for benefits or payments under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration shall be final and conclusive and no other official or any court of the United States shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such decision. (b) The Administrator may require the opinion of the Attorney General on any question of law arising in the Administration of the Veterans' Administration. DELEGATION OP AUTHORITY A N D A S S I G N M E N T OF D U T I E S

SEC. 212. (a) The Administrator may assign duties, and delegate authority to render decisions, with respect to all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, to such officers and employees as he may find necessary. Within the limitations of such delegations or assignments, all official acts and decisions of such officers and employees shall have the same force and effect as though performed or rendered by the Administrator. (b) There shall be included on the technical and administrative staff of the Administrator such staff' officers, experts, inspectors, and assistants (including legal assistants), as the Administrator may prescribe. REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS

SEC. 213. The Administrator shall make annually, at the close of each fiscal year, a report in writing to the Congress, giving an account of all moneys received and disbursed by the Veterans' Administration, describing the work done, and stating the activities of the Veterans' Administration for such fiscal year. P U B L I C A T I O N OF LAWS RELATING TO VETERANS

SEC. 214. The Administrator may compile and publish all Federal laws relating to veterans' relief, including such laws as are administered by the Veterans' Administration as well as by other agencies of

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